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i ,ternes Specification of Letters Patent. Patented fituga 29,

Application filed October 27, ftt'). Serial No. 420,058.

T aZZ wimmt may concern:

Be it known that I, Romani# E. Gines, a

' citizen of the United -States,'re's'iding. at Columbus; in the county of Franklin, State ot Uhio, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Burial Srypts; and I do hereby declare the following to be ay full, clear,

andv exact description of the inven..

' tion, such as will enable others skilled in the will be at all times prevented.

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container that may the inner face of the crypt seall that is ,aboutA to he set up, with a supply pipe that constilt is a .further obJe/ct of the invention to provide a particular eouipmentincluding a be readily tutes :i lling duct for the container and which may vloeemhedded in the plastic material of the seal, even when the latter is of very slight thickness. y

Other objects and advantages. of the invention will be understood from the following: description.

inthe drawingsz l v Figure 1 is a section Vtaken vertically y 'through a portion of a mausoleum, to 1n- 4portion of a seal clude a series of superimposed crypts, ,of which theupper ones are open/for the reception of caskets, "While the .lower ones are illustrated as sealed, and with the present invention installed.

* Figure 2 is a. seIctionjgt'e,trenV yertically e presentV inthrough a sesl'equipped with', t

' 'om' front to iteration, the section extending haelt of the seal.. g

Figure is a vertical ection through a having the tube embedded in it, the section loeingv at right angles to v that of Figure 2.

` Figure 4 is a detail perspective view of the supply tube.

Referring now to theV drawings, there is shown a portion of a mausoleum that in.-

cludes an outer 'wall against the shoulder that is formed by ing' 16, attached to I there is a gutter 't8 '19 to a glass or earthenware receptacle -20 precluded, even during the process of sup- It will he noted that the seal 5 that is laid up with I4v whatever material is desired to give the de` sired appearanceto the exterior and against this outer wall 5 is placed a lining 6 of hollow tiles, against which in turn, is poured or otherwise placed an inner wall 7 of con:

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From the wall 7, there extend inwardly to the corridor 8 of the mausoleum, a plurality of crypts 9, separated by the horizontal partitions 10 and vertical partitions 11, it being noted that there is an uppermost member 12 ,forming the top of the uppermost .crypt and-'corresponding to the partitions 10 and that there 1s a lowermost member 13 that' corresponds also to the partitions 1() and that. forms a hottom for the lowermost crypt.

in connection with each crypt there is employed a seal 14;, that is a concrete slab that it fit-ted into the open end of the crypt and correspondingly enlarging the outer end portion of the. enclosure of thc crypt both vertically upwardly and laterally as illustrated. 0n eachvwail of each crypt is an enamel lin-' I 4 the outer end edge o which touches the'plane ot' 'the shoulder 15 and against the edge of the sejal is lo eled so that its outer face is of lessarea thanl its' linner face and there is provided corresponding and continuous pocketbctween the edge of the-seal and the corresponding walls of the crypt, to receive a illing 17 of grouting or other suitable material.

Each crypt drainsv to its rear end where from which leadsa duct that holds qniclrlime or other material or'y ahsorptive .and disinfecting nature. y

The present invention has to do with the equipment huilt into and carried by the seal of each crypt, for neutralizing' the gases therein, it being particularly noted that there is no provision for carrying frases to the outside atmosphere hutthat on the contrary, the ,frases `within each crypt are treatedl within that individual crypt, While passage of gases from the crypt is positively plying liquidto the container that is carriedagainst the inner face oi the sealand from which container-it rises in proper quantity, kdue to volatilization.

14 basembedded in it a U-shaped pipe including the vertical legs and 21 and the connecting l bottom lining the corresponding `lower edge portion of the seal lis placed. The

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BEST AVAlLABLE COPY lower bight portion 22, :lying in a common plane. The le is somewhat longer than' pipe is embeddedin the oncrete of which the seal M is preferably formed so-that the turned uppervend portions 2Oand 21 of the legs 2O and' 2l respectively, extend through the outer and inner faces'respectively of the seal.` The portion 20', terminates flush with the outer face of lthe seal and is internally threaded to receive a plug 23, while lthe portion 21 extends beyond the inner face of the seal and has its extremity turned downwardly a short distance, as shown at 24, to enter the neck of a glass bottle 25 therebelow. l, i

The bottle 25 is held against thel inner face of the seal 14 by means of theupper and lower copper wires 26 and 27 that have their intermediate portions embedded in the concrete of the seal while their end portions, ater being passed around the bottle, are twisted together to hold the latter in place.

It willv be noted that the portion 24; of

I the pipe does nott the neck of the bottle,

so (that such volatile liguid as the bottle may contain, may pass gradually from it to cornn bine witll the atmosphere of the crypt.

When the crypt is empty, the sealv lies within it, as illustrated in the upper portion lof Figure l, while the bottle 25 stands convenientl near, and ready to be wired in place a' ter the seal has been removed for i' that purpose.

when initially instilled, ille boel@ 25 ls filled with formaldehyde or equivalent material and an additional quantity may be -supplied tothe 'Ushaped tube to rise in `both legs and constitute a gas-seal for the pipe, the plug 23 being then inserted. When it becomes necessary to renew the supply in the bottle 25, the plug 23 is removed.and the proper material is injected into( the U-shaped pipe, fro'mwhich itiows tothe bottle, there remaining after each such operation a quantity of fluid in the` pipe reaching to the level of the lower side or' the' por tion 2l. By renewin the fluid prior to the complete volatiliz'atlon of that-whiclfid within the pipe, egress of gas will he of course prevented when the stopper 23 is removed. i

It will be particularly nted that by turn'n ing the end portions 20 and 2l at right angles to the plane of the U-shaped portion of the pipe, such U-shaped portion may be completely embedded ill a seal or concrete p slab having a thickness very little greater than the exterior diameter of the pipe, with a consequent saving in weight and material 1 of the slab.

- While the tube and container for the dis intectant are provided in direct connection with the seal, it will, of course, be understood that when desired, it may be provided in connection with a side or' ,bach wall, the

`seal, constituting the front wall of the crypt when it is closed. v

What is claimed is:

1.' The combination with an llernfleticallyv sealed crypt, of an open-mouthed disinfec- `tant containertherein, and a U-shaped ill 'lng duct leading into the crypt from its exterior `and havingthe ends of its legs dis .posed in the same plane vand extending in `plane parallel with the inner face ot the wall, the ends ol the tube extendingin opposite directions and at right angles tothe common plane of the legs and bi ht portion through the inner and outer suraces of the wall respectively and. above the bightportion, and an open-mouthed receptacle held to the' inner face of the wall in position'to receive disinfectant from the inner end of the tube;

3.' A seal for a crypt having an hermetically sealed U-shaped tube vembedded therein .with its legs and bight portion in a c0mmon plane parallel with the inneritace of the seal, the end portions of the tube above the bight portion extending `through the ari-BERT E. eines. 

